
MANUAL 



Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 

WORLD'S FAIR, 
Saint Louis, 1904* 



CONTAINING LISTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 

OF THE COMPANY AND OF THE COMMISSION, 

THE ACT OF CONGRESS, THE BY-LAWS 

OF THE CORPORATION AND 

OTHER INFORMATION. 



Compiled by the Secretary 

of the 

Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. 



February, 1903. 



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MANUAL 

OF THE 

Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 

WORLD'S FAIR, 
Saint Louis, 1904* 



CONTAINING LISTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 

OF THE COMPANY AND OF THE COMMISSION, 

THE ACT OF CONGRESS, THE BY-LAWS 

OF THE CORPORATION AND 

OTHER INFORMATION. 



Compiled by the Secretary 

of the 

Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. 



February, 1903. 






saint louis: 

Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co. 

309-325 north third street 

1903. 



SEP 23 1904 
D.ofD, 



BY-LAWS 

OF THE 

Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company. 



article I. 

Section i. The name of this corporation shall be 
the LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION 
COMPANY, and its principal offices shall be in the 
City of St. Louis and State of Missouri. 

ARTICLE 11. 



Section i. The officers of this Company shall con- 
sist of a President, eight Vice-Presidents, a Treas- 
urer, a Secretary, an Auditor, a General Counsel, 
and such other officers and assistants as the Board of 
Directors may from time to time appoint. No person 
shall be eligible to be appointed or elected an officer 
who is not a stockholder. 

Sec. 2. All officers of the Company shall be elected 
by ballot, and a majority of the votes cast for any 
officer shall be necessary to elect to any office, but the 
Board of Directors may at any time, by resolution, 



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appoint assistants to any officer to hold office for such 
a time and upon such conditions as the Board may 
prescribe. 

ARTICLE III. 

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. 

The annual meeting of stockholders for the elec- 
tion of Directors shall take place at the office of the 
Company on the first Tuesday of March of each year, 
and shall be convened at the hour of nine o'clock 
in the forenoon, and notice of such meeting shall be 
published for two (2) weeks prior to such meeting 
in some daily newspaper published in the City of St. 
Louis. 

ARTICLE IV. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

Section i. The stated meetings of the Board of 
Directors shall be held on the second Tuesday of each 
month. 

Sec. 2. Special meetings of the Board may be 
held on the call of the President, or at such time 
and place as may be named in the notice thereof, 
which notice shall state the purpose of such meet- 
ing, and shall be served, either personally or by 
mail, on each member of the Board, or published 
in some newspaper published in the City of St. 
Louis, and in each case shall be either published or 
mailed to the business address of Directors, or 
served personally, at least three (3) days prior to 
the meeting. 

It shall be the duty of the President to call a 
special meeting of the Board on the request of the 



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Executive Committee, or the written request of ten 
members of the Board. 

Sec. 3. Twenty-five (25) shall constitute a quorum 
of the Board for the transaction of any business ex- 
cept at special meetings, in which case not less than a 
majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quo- 
rum. 

Sec. 4. Vacancies in the Board shall be filled for 
any unexpired term, not extending beyond the time 
of the next election, at any regular meeting of the 
Board by a majority vote of those present at such 
meeting. 

Sec. 5. Absence of any Director from three con- 
secutive meetings of the Board, without notice to the 
Secretary from such Director, shall be construed as 
equivalent to a resignation of his office on the part of 
such Director. 

Sec. 6. The acceptance by any Director of the 
Company of any appointive office in the Company to 
which a salary or other compensation is attached, 
shall be equivalent to a tender of his resignation as 
Director. 

ARTICLE V. 

OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 

Section i. The officers of the Company shall con- 
sist of a President, eight Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, 
a Secretary, an Auditor and General Counsel, all of 
whom, except the Auditor, shall be members of the 
Board of Directors. 

All salaries of officers and employes shall be fixed by 
the Board of Directors. 



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Sec. 2. The officers of the Company shall be 
chosen by the Board, annually, by ballot, a majority of 
the entire Board being necessary to a choice, at the 
first meeting of the Board after the annual meeting of 
stockholders, and shall hold their respective offices for 
one year and until their successors are elected and 
qualified, provided that any officer may be removed by 
a two-thirds vote of the entire Board. 

Sec. 3. The President shall be the chief executive 
officer of the Company, shall preside at all meetings 
of the Board, shall execute in the name of the Com- 
pany all deeds and mortgages and all other contracts 
and obligations of the Company, involving over $10,- 
000.00 in amount. He shall be Chairman of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee and ex-officio a member of all 
standing Committees, and shall have, in general, en- 
tire charge and control of all the Company's execu- 
tive business, subject only to the approval of the 
Board of Directors. 

Sec. 4: The Vice-Presidents shall rank in the 
order of their election, and shall, in the absence, 
inability or refusal to act of the President, or at the 
President's request, perform all the duties and have 
all the powers of the President. In any such case 
the First Vice-President shall be entitled to act as 
President, and the other Vice-Presidents shall, in 
the order named, be entitled to act in the event that 
the Vice-President next preceding in rank shall be 
absent' or disqualified in the manner above prescribed 
for disqualification of the President. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to 
receive and have the care and custody of all the funds 
and securities of the Company, and to deposit the 



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same in such financial institutions, or such places of 
safe keeping as the Board may, in its discretion, 
direct. 

All collections of money on account of the Com- 
pany shall be paid into the Treasury, and duplicate 
receipts given therefor by the Treasurer, which re- 
ceipts shall set out the amount paid and source from 
which it proceeds, and to what account credited ; one 
of said receipts to be retained by the party paying, 
the other to be filed with the Auditor, provided that 
this requirement of duplicate receipts shall not apply 
to payments on subscriptions to the capital stock of 
the Company. All payments and disbursements shall 
be made by the Treasurer only upon warrants drawn 
by the Auditor. Payments on account of pay-rolls 
shall be made by the Treasurer, after the same have 
been audited and placed in his hands for payment. 

The Treasurer shall make report of the financial 
condition of the Company, in such manner and at 
such times as the Board may direct, and also to the 
National Commission at such times and in such 
manner as the act of Congress prescribes. He shall, 
if directed by the Board of Directors, give such bond 
for the faithful performance of his duties as the Board 
may direct. 

The Treasurer shall devise and keep a system of 
books and accounts showing the receipts and' dis- 
bursements of the money of the Company, and all 
checks, drafts, notes and other orders of any kind 
for the payment of money shall be signed by him, or 
by such assistant or assistants as he may, from time 
to time, with the approval of the Board, appoint for 
that purpose. 



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Sec. 6. Secretary : It shall be the duty of the Sec- 
retary to attend and keep the minutes of all the meet- 
ings of the stockholders, the Board and several stand- 
ing Committees, either personally or by such assist- 
ants as he may, with the approval of the Board or 
Executive Committee, appoint for that purpose. He 
shall have the custody of all the records, deeds, con- 
tracts and other valuable papers of the Company (ex- 
cepting bonds, stocks or other securities or evidence of 
indebtedness), shall conduct its correspondence, keep 
proper records of the Company's stock books, the list 
of its stockholders, and shall perform such other du- 
ties as the Board or Executive Committee may assign 
to him. He shall be the custodian of the Company's 
seal, and shall affix and attest the same in all cases 
required by law. He shall, by and with the approval 
of the Executive Committee, appoint such assistants 
as the duties of his office may require. 

Sec. 7. The Company's seals shall contain the 
words: "LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION 
COMPANY. Incorporated April 24th, 1901." 

Sec. 8. The General Counsel : The General Coun- 
sel of the Company shall have entire charge of all 
litigation in which the Company may be interested, 
and shall at all times furnish, upon the request of any 
officer or Committee of the Company, such legal ad- 
vice as may be required. He may, with the approval 
of the Board or the Executive Committee, appoint 
such professional and clerical assistants as may be 
necessary to conduct the legal business of the corpor- 
ation. 

Sec. 9. The Auditor shall be the general account- 
ant of the Company, and as such shall have general 



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supervision and direction of all the accounts in the 
various departments of the Company. He shall re- 
ceive and preserve, in his office, all accounts, 
vouchers, documents and papers relating to the ac- 
counts of the Company, its debts, revenues and other 
fiscal affairs, and adopt a proper mode and manner 
of bookkeeping. He shall examine, adjust and audit 
all claims and demands against the Company, for the. 
payment of which money may be drawn from the 
Treasury of the Company ; and after having examined 
the same, he shall certify thereon the balance or true 
state of such claim or demand, and draw his warrant 
on the Treasurer in payment therefor ; but no claim or 
demand shall be audited against the Company unless 
it is authorized, and is in proper and itemized form, 
and bearing the necessary certificates. No money 
shall be paid out of the Treasury excepting on the 
Auditor's warrant, and no warrant shall be issued on 
any appropriation unless there is an unexpended 
balance to the credit thereof sufficient to cover such 
warrant, and money in the Treasury to meet it. He 
shall prescribe blanks and forms of all receipts, 
vouchers, warrants and requisitions ; see that all 
fidelity bonds of officers and employes are given, and 
filed away for safe keeping, and perform such other 
duties as may be required of him by the Board or 
Executive Committee. He may appoint, subject to 
the approval of the Board or Executive Committee, 
such assistants as the necessities of his office may 
require. 

Sec. io. The Chief Executive Officer of the Ex- 
position shall be the President of the Board of 
Directors. There shall be created four (4) Grand 



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Executive Divisions, each in charge of a Director, 
who shall report to the President, and be designated 
as follows : 

Director of Exhibits. 

Director of Exploitation. 

Director of Works. 

Director of Concessions and Admissions. 

Under these officers subordinate departments may 
be created, each department having its individual 
Chief. 

The Director of Exhibits shall have charge of all 
exhibits and of all matters pertaining thereto, to the 
close of the Exposition. 

The Director of Exploitation shall have charge 
of all matters pertaining to the promotion of interest 
or participation in the Exposition, upon the part of 
either exhibitors or visitors, at home or abroad. 

The Director of Works shall have charge of the 
construction of the buildings, the arrangement of 
the grounds, and shall have such control of their 
operation and maintenance, during the Exposition, 
as is not inconsistent with the authority co-ordinately 
conferred upon other officers. 

The Director of Concessions and Admissions shall 
have charge of all matters relating to concessions, 
and shall regulate and control admission to the 
grounds. 

These officers shall be officially advised by the 
President from time to time as to the scope of their 
authority, and as to the method by which the duties 
above outlined shall be performed. Rules and regu- 
lations issued by the Directors of the above Execu- 
tive Divisions must receive the approval of the 
President before promulgation. 



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ARTICLE VI. 

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Section i. The President shall appoint, subject to 
the approval of the Board, an Executive Committee, 
consisting of eleven (n) members, of the Board, 
exclusive of the Chairman, who shall serve dur- 
ing the pleasure of the Board, but no member of 
such Committee shall be removed except by a vote 
of the majority of the whole Board. The Presi- 
dent shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Executive 
Committee, and shall preside at all meetings. The 
Committee shall have the general supervision and 
direction of the business and affairs of the Com- 
pany, but it shall not have power to bind the cor- 
poration by any contract or obligation involving a sum 
in excess of $10,000, unless specially authorized 
thereto by the Board. All contracts or other obliga- 
tions involving less than that sum may be authorized 
by the Committee and executed in the name of the 
Company by its direction without reference to the 
whole Board. Meetings shall be held at such times 
as the Committee may direct, and a majority of the 
Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transac- 
tion of business. 

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall take the 
necessary steps toward the selection of a site for the 
Exposition to be held by the Company, and to devise 
a plan embracing the scope and general execution of 
such Exposition, but the selection of such site and the 
adoption of the general plan and scope of the Exposi- 
tion shall be subject to the approval of the Board of 
Directors. After the adoption of the general plan. 



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the Executive Committee shall have general super- 
vision and control of the work of all Committees, and 
shall organize such bureaus and departments and ap- 
point such managers thereof as they may deem neces- 
sary for the execution of such work. The Committee 
shall report to the Board at its regular monthly meet- 
ings concerning all transactions during the previous 
months, and at such other times as the Board may 
direct. 

ARTICLE VII. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Section i. The President shall appoint, subject to 
the approval of the Board, the following Committees, 
and shall designate the Chairman thereof : 

i. A Committee on Finance. 

2. A Committee on Ways and Means. 

3. A Committee on Concessions. 

4. A Committee on Transportation. 

5. A Committee on Press and Publicity. 

6. A Committee on Foreign Relations. 

7. A Committee on Supplies. 

8. A Committee on Sanitation. 

9. A Committee on Police. 

10. A Committee on Insurance. 

11. A Committee on Ceremonies. 

12. A Committee on Grounds and Buildings. 

13. A Committee on Legislation. 

14. A Committee on Agriculture. 

15. A Committee on Fine Arts. 

16. A Committee on Mines and Metallurgy. 

17. A Committee on State and Territorial Exhib- 

its. 



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18. A Committee on Manufactures and Liberal 

Arts. 

19. A Committee on Electricity and Electrical Ap- 

pliances. 

20. A Committee on Fish and Fisheries. 

21. A Committee on Anthropology and Ethnology. 

22. A Committee on Education and Educational 

Congresses. 

23. A Committee on Organization and Rules. 

24. A Committee on History. 

Each of such Committees shall keep a record of its 
proceedings. The members of such Committees shall 
serve during the fiscal year for which they may be 
appointed, but no member shall be removed except by 
a vote of a majority of the Executive Committee. 
Any standing Committee may, with the approval of 
the Executive Committee, appoint such chief or chiefs, 
or organize such departments and bureaus as may be 
necessary for the efficient transaction of the business 
with which the Committee is charged. 

No Committee shall enter into any contract or incur 
any obligation on behalf of the Company without the 
authority of the Board or the Executive Committee, 
unless authority so to do is expressly given in these 
by-laws. 

Sec. 2. The Committee on Finance shall consist 
of five members. It shall pass upon such matters as 
may be referred to it by the Executive Committee. 

Sec. 3. The Committee on Ways and Means shall 
consist of nine (9) members, and it shall be charged 
with the duty of raising funds necessary for the cor- 
porate purposes of the Company, including the solicit- 
ing and collecting of subscriptions to the capital stock, 



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the selling of tickets of admission, the fixing upon the 
rates at which concessions and privileges shall be dis- 
posed of, and all other matters relative to the collec- 
tion of amounts due or to become due to the Com- 
pany, and shall have power, subject to the approval 
of the Board or the Executive Committee, to estab- 
lish and appoint agencies and individuals for the col- 
lection of funds for account of the Company, and to 
require such persons to give bond for the faithful 
performance of their duties. 

Sec. 4. The Committee on Concessions shall con- 
sist of five (5) members, and shall have special charge 
of all matters pertaining to concessions and privileges 
and the occupation of space therefor in and about the 
Exposition property. 

Sec. 5. The Committee on Transportation shall 
consist of seven (7) members, and shall have charge 
of all business pertaining to the transportation of 
property or persons in connection with the prepara- 
tion for and the holding of the Exposition. 

Sec. 6. The Committee on Press and Publicity 
shall consist of seven (7) members, and its duty shall 
be to collect, prepare, publish and circulate from time 
to time all such information, advertisements and other 
matter as in their judgment may be deemed wise to 
make known to the people of the United States and 
foreign countries, the time, objects and purposes of 
the Exposition to be held by this Company, to prepare 
and print all reports and other matter which the 
Board or the Executive Committee may order to be 
printed, and to compile, print and circulate the official 
catalogue of the Exposition. 



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Sec. 7. The Committee on Foreign Relations shall 
consist of seven (7) members, and shall take all nec- 
essary steps to secure the co-operation of the public 
authorities of foreign countries in promoting the suc- 
cess of the Exposition and procuring foreign exhib- 
its, and they shall establish and superintend all agen- 
cies engaged in securing such exhibits. 

Sec. 8. The Committee on Supplies shall consist 
of seven (7) members, whose duty it shall be to pur- 
chase all supplies for the tfse of the Company, its 
officers, and employes, except supplies provided for 
in authorized contracts. Such purchases shall be 
made upon written requisitions, made in duplicate, 
signed by the Director of the division, or officer in 
charge of the department requiring the supplies, ap- 
proved in writing by the President or person to whom 
he may delegate the authority, and filed with the 
Secretary of the Committee on Supplies. All pur- 
chases, so far as practicable, shall be by written pro- 
posals, made on blanks furnished by the Secretary of 
the Committee on Supplies. All requisitions and 
bids shall be numbered and recorded in the office of 
the Committee on Supplies in such a manner as to 
be easily traced. When such supplies are furnished 
they shall be accompanied by an invoice, stating the 
quality, quantity, weight or measure, and price of 
each article sent, which invoice shall be returned 
immediately to the office of the Committee on Sup- 
plies by the Director of the Division or officer re- 
questing the same, together with his indorsement 
thereon as to its correctness, except in respect to the 
price thereof. When the invoice is returned to the 
Committee on Supplies, the .Secretary of the Com- 
mittee shall attach the duplicate of the requisition 



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and the invoice to a voucher properly certified, which 
voucher shall thereupon be sent to the division or 
officer making the requisition. When the Director 
of the division, or other officer, has properly certified 
to the correctness of the voucher, he shall forward the 
same, together with all papers attached, to the Auditor, 
who shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for 
payment. Requisitions shall include only articles of 
such a class as can be furnished by one line of trade ; 
separate requisitions to be made for each class of 
articles. When invoices are rendered by two or more 
business houses on the same requisition, the Secretary 
of the Committee on Supplies shall attach a certified 
abstract of the requisition to the articles mentioned 
and described in the invoice to the voucher of the 
Committee. 

Sec. 9. The Committee on Sanitation shall consist 
of five (5) members, and it shall be their duty at all 
times during the preparation for and the holding of 
the Exposition to provide for the sanitary condition 
of the grounds. 

Sec. 10. The Committee on Police shall consist 
of five (5) members, and shall be charged with the 
duty of organizing in the manner hereinafter pro- 
vided, a police force to be known as the "Jefferson 
Guard," which shall perform such duties as may 
be necessary for the proper protection of life and 
property, and the preservation of the peace upon the 
premises occupied by the Company. The said force 
shall consist of such number of officers and men as 
shall be determined from time to time by the said 
Committee on Police. They shall be under the 
immediate command of a chief officer, to be denom- 
inated "Commandant," who shall report direct to 



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the President. All subordinate officers and men 
shall be appointed by the Commandant, with the 
approval of the Committee on Police, who shall fix 
their compensation, and they shall be governed by 
such rules and regulations as the Committee on 
Police may promulgate from time to time, upon the 
recommendation of the Commandant, subject to the 
approval of the President. No action by the Com- 
mittee on Police shall be effective until reported to 
and approved by the Executive Committee. 

Sec. ii. The Committee on Insurance shall con- 
sist of three (3) members, and shall be charged with 
the duty of keeping the buildings and property of 
the Company insured at all times in such companies 
as the Committee may in its discretion deem proper. 
It shall also be their duty to aid in obtaining insur- 
ance for exhibits, and to provide all possible protection 
against fire. 

Sec. \2. The Committee on Ceremonies shall con- 
sist of seven (7) members, and it shall be their duty 
at all times during the preparation for and the hold- 
ing of the Exposition to arrange for all public dem- 
onstrations which may be deemed appropriate at any 
stage of the enterprise, and particularly to devise a 
plan for the dedicatory exercises. 

Sec. 13. The Committee on Grounds and Buildings 
shall consist of seven (7) members, and they shall 
have special charge of all the grounds, works and 
buildings owned or occupied by the Company both 
during the period of preparation therefor and while 
the Exposition is open to the public, and of the con- 
struction and maintenance of all buildings owned or 
occupied by the Exposition Company. They shall 



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also have charge of the water supply, gas and electric 
lighting, medical service, telegraphy and telephone ser- 
vice, and supervision of all buildings, plants and other 
structures erected upon the Exposition grounds by 
parties other than this Company. 

Sec. 14. The Committee on Legislation shall con- 
sist of seven (7) members, and it shall be the duty 
of this committee to initiate and secure the passage of 
all legislation deemed advantageous to the business of 
this Company, whether municipal, in the several States 
or in the Congress of the United States; to report 
from time to time to the Executive Committee the 
state of pending legislation and to recommend such 
measures as to them may seem best to promote the 
success of the Company's business. 

Sec. 15. The Committee on Agriculture shall con- 
sist of seven (7) members, and shall be charged with 
the immediate supervision of all matters pertaining 
to agriculture in connection with the Exposition, in- 
cluding food and food products, farming machinery 
and appliances, forestry and forest products, viticul- 
ture, horticulture and floriculture, live stock, domestic 
and wild animals. 

Sec. 16. The Committee on Fine Arts shall consist 
of seven (7) members, and shall have special charge of 
all exhibits and matters relating to the fine arts, pic- 
torial and plastic decoration. 

Sec. 17. The Committee on Mines and Metallurgy 
shall consist of five (5) members, and shall be charged 
with the special supervision and care of all exhibits 
and matters relating to the subject of mines, mining 
and metallurgy. 



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Sec. 18. The Committee on State and Territorial 
Exhibits shall consist of seven (7) members, and it 
shall be the duty of this Committee to supervise all 
matters relating to the exhibits made at the Exposi- 
tion by the several States, Territories and Possessions 
of the Union, to arrange, in conjunction with the 
Committee on Grounds and Buildings, «for the loca- 
tion of such exhibits, and in general so to locate such 
exhibits as to harmonize them with the general policy 
of the Board relating to the classification and ar- 
rangement of exhibits. 

Sec. 19. The Committee on Manufactures and 
Liberal Arts shall consist of seven (7) members, and 
shall have charge of all exhibits and matters relat- 
ing to manufactures, to the processes of manufacture 
and to liberal arts. 

Sec. 20. The Committee on Electricity and Elec- 
trical Appliances shall consist of seven (7) members, 
and shall have special charge of all exhibits relating 
to electricity and electrical appliances and products. 

Sec. 21. The Committee on Fish and Fisheries 
shall consist of seven (7) members, who shall have 
charge of all exhibits connected with fish, fisheries, 
fish hatcheries, fish products and apparatus of fishing. 

Sec. 22. The Committee on Anthropology and Eth- 
nology shall consist of seven (7) members, and shall 
have charge of all matters connected with Ethnology 
and Anthropology, and also Archaeology and History, 
as related to these subjects. 

Sec. 23. The Committee on Education and Educa- 
tional Congresses shall consist of seven (7) mem- 
bers, and shall have charge of all matters pertaining 



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to elementary and higher instruction in schools and 
other institutions of learning, whether devoted to 
science, literature or art, and also of all Educational 
Congresses and conventions, and all subjects directly 
connected therewith. 

Sec. 24. The Committee on Organization and 
Rules shall consist of ten (10) members, and shall 
be composed of the President, the eight Vice-Presi- 
dents and the Treasurer of the Company. The Presi- 
dent shall be ex-officio chairman of this Committee. 
The Committee shall constitute an Advisory Board to 
the President, and it shall be its duty to advise and 
consult with the President as to all details of organ- 
ization, the formulation, amendment and repeal of By- 
Laws, the prescribing of rules and regulations relating 
to the several departments of the Company's busi- 
ness, and other matters relating to the general policy 
and management of the Company's affairs. All pro- 
posals to amend, add to or repeal any By-Law or part 
thereof, shall be first submitted to this committee, and 
it shall be the duty of the Committee to report to the 
Board upon all such proposals submitted to it at the 
next regular meeting of the Board after submission of 
such proposal or at the next special meeting of the 
Board called to consider such proposed change. 

Sec. 25. The Committee on History shall consist 
of seven (7) members, and shall be charged with the 
special care and supervision of all exhibits and mat- 
ters pertaining to archaeological collections, the his- 
tory of all social and political events which led to 
and affected the discovery, settlement and develop- 
ment of the Louisiana Territory. 



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ARTICLE VIII. 

CAPITAL STOCK. 

Section i. Subscriptions to the Capital Stock shall 
be paid to the Treasurer at such times and in such 
instalments as the Board of Directors may by reso- 
lution direct, but no certificate representing the stock 
of the Company shall be issued until the same shall 
be paid in full ; and no stockholder shall be entitled to 
vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders 
unless all payments called for by the Board shall have 
been fully made. 

Sec. 2. The certificates of stock shall be signed, by 
the President and Secretary, and the seal of the Com- 
pany shall be affixed thereto. They shall be num- 
bered and registered in the order in which they are 
issued, and an exact record shall be kept of the name 
and address of the person to whom such certificates 
are issued. All certificates exchanged or returned to 
the Company shall be marked cancelled, with the date 
of cancellation by the Treasurer, and shall be safely 
kept by the Secretary. The Secretary of the Com- 
pany shall have the custody of all stock certificate 
books and cancelled certificates. 

Sec. 3. Transfers of shares shall be made only 
upon the books of the Company by the owner in per- 
son or by attorney duly authorized thereto. All pow- 
ers of attorney for the transfer of stock shall be in 
the form prescribed by the Treasurer, and shall be 
duly executed and acknowledged and filed with the 
Treasurer of the Company, and no transfer of stock 
shall be made except on the surrender and cancella- 
tion of a certificate already issued. 



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ARTICLE IX. 

The deliberation of the Board and of the several 
Committees of the Company shall be conducted ac- 
cord to the rules of parliamentary law, as prescribed 
in Cushing's Manual, except when they conflict with 
these By-Laws. 

ARTICLE X. 

These By-Laws may be repealed, added to or 
amended at any regular meeting of the Board of Di- 
rectors, or any special meeting called for that purpose, 
by a two-thirds vote of all members present at such 
meeting; no such action shall be taken at any regular 
meeting unless there shall have been given to each Di- 
rector seven (7) days previous notice in writing of 
the proposed change. 

ARTICLE XI. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The order of business at all meetings of the Board 
of Directors, unless otherwise ordered at each meet- 
ing, shall be as follows : 

Roll call. 

Reading of minutes of last meeting. 

3. Considering of communications to the Board. 

4. Reports of officers to the Board. 

5. Reports of special committees in order. 

6. Reports of standing committees. 
Unfinished or postponed business. 
New business. 

All reports of committees, and all motions and reso- 
lutions, shall, if the President so direct, be in writing. 
No member of the Board shall occupy the floor in de- 
bate more than five minutes, except by unanimous 
consent. 



Officers. 23 

OFFICERS 

OF THE 

Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company. 



President, 

DAVID R. FRANCIS. 

First Vice-President, 

CORWIN H. SPENCER. 

Second Vice-President, 

SAMUEL M. KENNARD. 

Third Vice-President, 

DANIEL M. HOUSER. 

Fourth Vice-President, 

CYRUS P. WALBRIDGE. 

Fifth Vice-President, 

SETH W. COBB. 

Sixth Vice-President, 

CHARLES H. HUTTIG. 

■ Seventh Vice-President, 

AUGUST GEHNER. 

Eighth Vice-President, 

PIERRE CHOUTEAU. 

Treasurer, 

WM. H. THOMPSON. 

Secretary, 

WALTER B. STEVENS. 

General Counsel, 

JAMES L. BLAIR. 



24 Official Manual. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



A. A. Allen. 
Nicholas M. Bell. 
James L. Blair. 
C. F. Blanke. 
W. F. Boyle. 
A. D. Brown. 
George Warren Brown. 
Paul Brown. 
Adolphus Busch. 
James G. Butler. 
James Campbell. 
Murray Carleton. 
Pierre Chouteau. 
Seth W. Cobb. 
James F. Coyle. 
George T. Cram. 
John D. Davis. 
Alex. N. De Menil. 
S. M. Dodd. 
L. D. Dozier. 
Harrison I. Drummond. 
R. B. Dula. 
George L. Edwards. 
Howard Elliott. 
S. M. Felton. 
David R. Francis. 



Nathan Frank. 
A. H. Frederick. 
August Gehner. 
W. M. Greene. 
Norris B. Gregg. 
W. T. Haarstick. 
A. B. Hart. 
Walker Hill. 
F. D. Hirschberg. 
John A. Holmes. 
D. M. Houser. 
C. H. Huttig. 
M. E. Ingalis. 
Breckinridge Jones. 
S. M. Kennard. 
Goodman King. 
W. J. Kinsella. 
Charles W. Knapp. 
Dr. J. J. Lawrence. 
W. H. Lee. 
F. W. Lehmann. 
Wm. J. Lemp. 
J. W. McDonald. 
Thos. H. McKittrick. 
George D. Markham. 
F. E. Marshall. 



Board of Directors. 



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C. F. G. Meyer. 
Isaac W. Morton. 
F. G. Niedringhaus. 
W. F. Nolker. 

D. C. Nugent. 
George W. Parker. 
H. Clay Pierce. 
Joseph Ramsey, Jr. 
David Ranken, Jr. 
Jonathan Rice. 
Clark H. Sampson. 
Julius J. Schotten. 
John Schroers. 

R. M. Scruggs. 
John Scullin. 
A. L. Shapleigh. 
J. E. Smith. 
C. H. Spencer. 
Samuel Spencer. 
W. C. Steigers. 

B. 



H. W. Steinbiss. 
Walter B. Stevens. 
Charles A. Stix. 
R. H. Stockton. 
George J. Tansey. 
Wm. H. Thompson. 
Charles H. Turner. 
J. J. Turner. 
J. C. Van Blarcom. 
Festus J. Wade. 
C. P. Walbridge. 
Julius S. Walsh. 
C. G. Warner. 
W. B. Wells. 
Chas. F. Wenneker. 
J. J. Wertheimer. 
Edwards Whitaker. 
A. A. B. Woerheide. 
Wm. H. Woodward. 
Geo. M. Wright. 
F. Yoakum. 



George A. Baker, died February 3d, 1902. 
George A. Madill, died December 11th, 1901. 
Peter A. O'Neill, died November 27th, 1901. 
Isaac Schwab, died May 11th, 1902. 



26 Official Manual. 

COMMITTEES OF THE COMPANY. 

Organization. 
David R. Francis, cx-Ofiicio Chairman. 
Corwin H. Spencer, Vice -Chairman. 
Samuel M. Kennard. Charles H. Huttig. 

Daniel M. Houser. August Gehner. 

Cyrus P. Walbridge. Pierre Chouteau. 

Seth W. Cobb. Wtn. H. Thompson. 



Executive. 
David R. Francis, ex-OMcio Chairman. 
Wm. H. Thompson, Vice -Chairman. 
Charles W. Knapp. Murray Carleton. 

C. G. Warner. - L. D. Dozier. 

John Scullin. James Campbell. 

Nathan Frank. A. L. Shapleigh. 

Breckinridge Jones. 



Finance. 

W. H. Lee, Chairman. 

Walker Hill, Vice-Chair man. 

Edwards Whitaker. F. E. Marshall. 

Wm. H. Thompson, ex-officio. 



Ways and Means. 
Festus J. Wade, Chairman. 
Thos. H. McKittrick, Vice-Chairman. 
R. B. Dula. Jonathan Rice. 

Dan C. Nugent. W. J. Kinsella. 

Geo. M. Wright. C. F. Wenneker. 



Committees of the Company. 27 

Concessions. 
George L. Edwards, Chairman. 
J. J. Wertheimer, Vice-Chairman. 
W. B. Wells. J. J. Turner. 

A. L. Shapleigh. 



Transportation. 
Julius S. Walsh, Chairman. 
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., V ice-Chairman. 
S. M. Felton. George W. Parker. 

B. F. Yoakum. A. A. Allen. 

Charles H. Turner. 



Press and Publicity. 
R. H. Stockton, Chairman. 
W. B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman. 
W. C. Steigers. Nathan Frank. 

D. M. Houser. John Schroers. 

Charles W. Knapp. 



Foreign Relations. 
Adolphus Busch, Chairman. 
W. F. Boyle, Vice-Chairman. 
W. T. Haarstick. J. C. Van Blarcom. 

M. E. Ingalls. Dan C. Nugent. 

John D. Davis. 



Supplies. 
Norris B. Gregg, Chairman. 
James F. Coyle, Vice-Chairman. 
J. J. Schotten. J. W. McDonald. 

Charles A. Stix. R. M. Scruggs. 

J. E. Smith. 



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Sanitation. 
C. P. Walbridge, Chairman. 
Alex. N. De Menil, V ice-Chairman. 
A. D. Brown. C. F. G. Meyer. 

Dr. J. J. Lawrence. 



Folice. 
Harrison I. Drummond, Chairman. 
C. H. Turner, Vice-Chairman. 
J. J. Wertheimer. J. G. Butler. 

VV. C. Steigers. 



Insurance. 

George T. Cram, Chairman. 

A. D. Brown, V ice-Chairman. 

R. M. Scruggs. 



Ceremonies. 
C. H. Spencer, Chairman. 
W. H. Lee, V ice-Chairman. 
J. G. Butler. C. P. Walbridge. 

L. D. Dozier. James L. Blair. 

J. C. Van Blarcom. 



Grounds and Buildings. 
Wm. H. Thompson, Chairman. 
S. M. Kennard, Vice-Chairman. 
W. F. Nolker. John A. Holmes. 

H. W. Steinbiss. W. B. Wells. 



Committees of the Company. 29 

Legislation. 
D. M. Houser, Chairman. 
W. C. Steigers, V ice-Chairman. 
Nicholas M. Bell. James Campbell. 

F. G. Niedringhaus. Seth W. Cobb. 

George W. Parker. 

Agriculture. 
Paul Brown, Chairman. 
Festus J. Wade, Vice -Chair man. 
Nicholas M. Bell. David Ranken, Jr. 

Wm. J. Lemp. John Scullin. 

Julius S. Walsh. 



Fine Arts. 

Isaac W. Morton, Chairman. 

S. M. Dodd, Vice-Chairman. 
J. E. Smith. Thomas PL McKittrick. 

Adolphus Busch. Samuel Spencer. 



Mines and Mining. 
W. J. Kinsella, Chairman. 
John D. Davis, V ice-Chairman. 
David Ranken, Jr. A. H. Frederick. 

C. F. G. Meyer. 



State and Territorial Exhibits. 
C. H. Pluttig, Chairman. 

A. H. Frederick. J. W. McDonald. 
J. J. Schotten. Clark H. Sampson. 

B. F. Yoakum. 



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Manufactures and Liberal Arts. 
George W. Parker, Chairman. 
Goodman King, Vice-Chairman. 
W. H. Woodward. Jonathan Rice. 

James F. Coyle. C. F. G. Meyer. 

George Warren Brown. 



Electricity and Electrical Appliances. 
J. E. Smith, Chairman. 
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., Vice -Chairman. 
Clark H. Sampson. A. A. Allen. 

Charles A. Stix. S. M. Dodd. 

August Gehner. 



Fish and Fisheries. 

Seth W. Cobb, Chairman. 

A. B. Hart, V ice-Chairman. 

H. Clay Pierce. Harrison I. Drummond. 

George M. Wright. C. G. Warner. 

J. C. Van Blarcom. 



Anthropology and Ethnology. 
F. W. Lehmann, Chairman. 

Goodman King, V ice-Chairman. 
Walker Hill. A. A. B. Woerheide. 

Edwards Whitaker. C. F. Blanke. 



Education and Educational Congresses. 

John Schroers, Chairman. 
R. B. Dula, V ice-Chairman. 
A. A. B. Woerheide. A. L. Shapleigh. 

W. H. Woodward. George W. Parker. 

George J. Tansey. 



Committees of the Company. 

History. 
Pierre Chouteau, Chairman. 
Alex. N. De Menil, V ice-Chairman. 
A. B. Hart. W. T. Haarstick. 

W. H. Woodward. George T. Cram. 

W. J. Lemp. 



Souvenir Gold Dollars. 
J. C. Van Blarcom, Chairman. 
W. H. Lee. C. H. Huttig. 

Walker Hill. Festus J. Wade. 



International Congresses. 

F. W. Lehmann, Chairman. 
Charles W. Knapp. Breckinridge Jones. 

John Schroers. A. L. Shapleigh. 



Reception and Entertainment. 
F. D. Hirschberg, Chairman. 
John D. Davis. Thomas H. McKittrick. 

Dan C. Nugent. Isaac W. Morton. 



Members of Board of Arbitration. 
W. F. Boyle. Charles W. Knapp. 



32 Official Manual . 



EXECUTIVE DIVISIONS. 



Division of Exhibits. 

Director, Frederick J. V. Skiff. 

Chief of Education Howard J. Rogers. 

Chief of Art Haisey C. Ives. 

Chief of Liberal Arts John A. Ockerson. 

Chief of Manufactures Milan H. Hulbert. 

Chief of Machinery Thomas M. Moore. 

Consulting Engineer David P. Jones. 

Chief of Electricity W. E. Goldsborough. 

Chief of Transportation W. A. Smith. 

Chief of Agriculture Frederic W. Taylor. 

Chief of Horticulture Frederic W. Taylor. 

Acting Chief of Forestry Tarleton H. Bean. 

Chief of Mines and Metallurgy. J. A. Holmes. 

Chief of Fish and Game Tarleton H. Bean. 

Chief of Anthropology To be filled. 

Chief of Social Economy Howard J. Rogers. 

Chief of Physical Culture To be filled. 

Chief of Live Stock F. D. Coburn. 

Director of Congresses Howard J. Rogers. 

Chief of Bureau of Music George D. Markham. 



- Jose de Olivares. 



Executive Divisions. 33 

Division of Exploitation. 
Director, 

FOREIGN. 

Commissioner to Europe Thomas W Criciler. 

Commissioner to Italy Vittorio Zeggio. 

Commissioner-General to Ori- 
ental Countries John Barrett. 

Commissioner to the 

Argentine Republic 

Chili 

Uruguay. 

Paraguay 

Bolivia 

Commissioner to Brazil John Taylor Lewis. 

Commissioner to 

Peru 

Ecuador 

Columbia 

Venezuela 

Commissioner to Cuba Charles M. Pepper. 

Commissioner to Central Ameri- 
can Countries John Rice Chandler. 

Resident Representative in Lon- 
don George F. Parker. 

Resident Representative in Paris Palmer L. Bowen. 

Resident Representative in Berlin Joseph Brucker. 

Foreign Press Commissioner. . . Walter Williams. 

Commissioner to South Africa. . . C. A. Green. 



Ernest H. Wands. 



34 Official Manual. 



Chairman, Legislation D. M. Honser. 

Chairman, States and Territories C. H. Huttig. 
Secretary Charles M. Reeves. 



Press and Publicity. 

Acting Chief, W. B. Stevens. 

General Press Mark Bennitt. 

Local Press W. A. Kelsoe. 

Publicity R. H. Sexton. 

Secretary Edward Hooker. 



Ceremonies. 
Secretary E. C. Culp. 



Reception and Entertainment. 
Secretary Ricardo Diaz Albertini. 



Ex ecu live Divisions . 



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Division of Works. 
Director, Isaac S. Taylor. 



Commission of Architects. 
Isaac S. Taylor, Chairman. 



Widmann, 
Boisselier. 



Walsh & 



Walker & Kimball. 



Van Brunt & Howe. 



Frederick Widmann, 
Robert N. Walsh, 
C. D. Boiselier, 
Howard Walker, 
Thomas R. Kimball, 
Henry Van Brunt, 
Frank M. Howe, 
William S. Eames, 
Thomas C. Young, 
John M. Carrere, 
Thomas Hastings, 
George D. Barnett, 
John F. Haynes, 
Thomas P. Barnett, 
Theodore C. Link. 
Cass Gilbert. 

Chief of Design E. L. Masqueray. 

Chief Draughtsman W. H. H. Weatherwax. 

Chief Building Engineer. . . . Philip J. Markmann. 
Chief Electrical and Mechani- 
cal Engineer Henry Rustin. 

Chief Landscape Architect.. George E. Kessler. 
Chief Civil Engineer R. H. Phillips. 



} 

I Eames & Young. 

Carrere & Hastings. 

Barnett, Haynes & Bar- 
nett. 



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Advisory Committee of Sculptors. 

J. Q. A. Ward. 
Augustus St. Gaudens. 
Daniel C. French. 

Chief of Sculpture Karl T. F. Bitter. 



Division of Concessions and Admissions. 
Director, Norris B. Gregg. 



Auditing Department. 

Auditor, Fred Gabel. 

Assistant Auditor, John W. Dunn. 



Transportation Department. 
Director of Transportation, George W. Ristine. 



Medical Department. 
Medical Director, Leonidas H. Laidley. 



Jefferson Guard. 

Commandant, Lieut.-Col. Edward A. Godwin. 
7th U. S. Cavalry. 



Act of Congress. 37 



ACT OF CONGRESS. 



[Public — No. 169.] 

An Act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth 
anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana terri- 
tory by the United States by holding an inter- 
national exhibition of arts, industries, manufac- 
tures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, 
and sea in the City of Saint Louis, in the State of 
Missouri. 

Whereas, It is fit and appropriate that the one 
hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisi- 
ana territory be commemorated by an exhibition of 
the resources of the territory, their development, 
and of the progress of the civilization therein; and, 

Whereas, Such an exhibition should be of a na- 
tional and international character, so that not only the 
people of that territory, but of our Union, and of all 
nations as well, can participate, and should therefore 
have the sanction of the Congress of the United States. 
Therefore, 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 
sentatives of the United States of America in Con- 
gress assembled, That an exhibit of arts, industries, 
manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, forest, 
and sea shall be inaugurated in the year nineteen 
hundred and three, in the City of Saint Louis, in 
the State of Missouri, as herein provided. 



58 Official Manual. 

Sec. 2. That a non-partisan commission is hereby 
constituted, to consist of nine commissioners, to be 
known and designated as the "Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition Commission," who shall be appointed, 
within thirty days from the passage of this Act, by 
the President of the United States, and who shall 
also be subject to removal by him. Vacancies in 
said commission to be filled in the same manner as 
original appointments. 

Sec. 3. That the commissioners so appointed shall 
be called together by the Secretary of State of the 
United States, in the City of Saint Louis, by notice 
to the commissioners, as soon as convenient after the 
appointment of said commissioners, and within thirty 
days thereafter. The said commissioners, at said 
first meeting, shall organize by the election of their 
officers, and they may then, or thereafter, appoint 
such executive or other committees as may be deemed 
expedient, and a secretary at a salary of three thou- 
sand dollars per annum ; that in addition to the salary 
of the secretary of said commission there is hereby 
allowed, out of any money appropriated to aid in 
carrying forward said Exposition, the sum of ten 
thousand dollars per annum, or so much thereof as 
may be necessary, for the purpose of defraying the 
clerical, office, and other necessary expenses of said 
commission. 

Sec. 4. That said commission, when fully organ- 
ized under the provisions of this Act, shall appoint 
two of their number to act in conjunction with a 
like number appointed by the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position Company, to constitute a board of arbitra- 
tion, to whom all matters of difference arising be- 
tween said commission and said company, concern- 



Act of Congress. 39 

ing the administration, management, or general su- 
pervision of said Exposition, including all matters 
of difference arising out of the power given by this 
Act to the said company or to the said national com- 
mission to modify or approve any act of the other 
of the two bodies, shall be referred for determina- 
tion; and in the case of the failure of said board of 
arbitration to agree upon such matters as may be so 
referred, said board of arbitration snail appoint a 
fifth member thereof; and in case of the failure of 
the said board to agree upon a fifth member, such 
filth member shall then be appointed by the Secre- 
tary of the Treasury. And the decision of said 
board shall be final in all matters presented to it for 
consideration and determination. 

Sec. 5. That said commission be empowered, in 
its discretion, to accept, for the purposes of the Ex- 
position herein authorized, such site as may be se- 
lected and offered, and such plans and specifica- 
tions of buildings for such purpose at the expense of 
and tendered by the corporation organized under the 
laws of the State of Missouri, known as "The Louisi- 
ana Purchase Exposition Company." 

Sec. 6. That the allotment of space for exhibitors, 
classification of exhibits, plan and scope of the Ex- 
position, the appointment of all judges and examin- 
ers for the Exposition, and the awarding of pre- 
miums, if any, shall all be done and performed by 
the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, 
subject, however, to the approval of the commission 
created by section two of this Act; and said commis- 
sion is hereby authorized to appoint a board of lady 
managers, of such number and to perform such du- 
ties as may be prescribed by said commission, subject, 



40 Official Manual. 

however, to the approval of said company. Said 
board of lady managers may, in the discretion of said 
commission and corporation, appoint one member of 
all committees authorized to award prizes for such 
exhibits as may have been produced in whole or in 
part by female labor. 

Sec. 7. That after the plans for said Exposition 
shall be prepared by said company and approved by 
said commission the rules and regulations of said cor- 
poration governing rates for entrance and admission 
fees, or otherwise affecting the rights, privileges, or 
interests of the exhibitors, or of the public, shall be 
fixed or established by said company, subject, how- 
ever, to the modification or approval of said com- 
mission. 

Sec. 8. That said commission shall provide for 
the dedication of the buildings of the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition, in said city of Saint Louis, not 
later than the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hun- 
dred and three, with appropriate ceremonies, and 
thereafter said Exposition shall be opened to visitors 
at such time as may be designated by said company, 
subject to the approval of said commission, not later 
than the first day of May, nineteen hundred and 
three, and shall be closed at such time as the national 
commission may determine, subject to the approval 
of said company, but not later than the first day of 
December thereafter. 

Sec. 9. That whenever the President of the 
United States shall be notified by the national com- 
mission that provision has been made for grounds 
and buildings for the uses herein provided for, he 
shall be authorized to make proclamation of the 
same, through the Department of State, setting forth 



Act of Congress. 41 

the time at which said Exposition will be held, and 
the purpose thereof; and he shall communicate to the 
diplomatic representatives of foreign nations copies 
thereof, together with such regulations as may be 
adopted by the commission, for publication in their 
respective countries; and he shall, in behalf of the 
Government and the people, invite foreign nations to 
take part in the said Exposition and to appoint rep- 
resentatives thereto. 

Sec. 10. That all articles which shall be imported 
from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhi- 
bition at said Exposition, upon which there shall b^ 
a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of 
payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under 
such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall prescribe ; but it shall be lawful at any time dur- 
ing the Exposition to sell, for delivery at the close 
thereof, any goods or property imported for and ac- 
tually on exhibition in the Exposition buildings or 
on the grounds, subject to such regulations for the 
security of the revenue and for the collection of im- 
port duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when 
sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United 
States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed 
upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at 
the date of importation, and all penalties prescribed 
by law shall be applied and enforced against such 
articles and against the person who may be guilty of 
any illegal sale or withdrawal. 

Sec. ii. That it shall be the duty of the national 
commission to make reports monthly to the President 
of the United States, showing receipts and disburse- 
ments and giving a general summary of the financial 



42 Official Manual. 

condition of said Exposition, and a final report 
within six months after the close of the Exposition, 
presenting the results and a full exhibit thereof. 

Sec. 12. That the national commission hereby au- 
thorized shall cease to exist on the first day of Jan- 
uary, nineteen hundred and five. 

Sec. 13. That the United States shall not in any 
manner nor under any circumstances be liable for 
any of the acts, doings, proceedings, or representa- 
tions of the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company, its officers, agents, or employees or any of 
them, or for the service, salaries, labor, or wages of 
said officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any 
of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, 
or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or 
obligations of any kind issued by said corporation, or 
for any debts, liabilities, or expenses of any kind 
whatever attending such corporation or accruing by 
reason of the same. 

Sec. 14. That there shall be exhibited at said Ex- 
position by the Government of the United States 
from its Executive Departments, the Smithsonian In- 
stitution, the National Museum, the United States 
Commission of Fish and Fisheries, and the Depart- 
ment of Labor such articles and material as illustrate 
the function and administrative faculty of the Gov- 
ernment in time of peace and its resources as a war 
power, tending to demonstrate the nature of our in- 
stitutions and their adaptation to the wants of the 
people; and the Bureau of the American Republics 
is hereby invited to make an exhibit illustrating the 
resources and international relations of the American 
Republics, and space in the United States Govern- 
ment building shall be provided for the purpose of 



Act of Congress. 43 

said exhibit; and to secure a complete and harmon- 
ious arrangement of such Government exhibit a 
board, to be known as the United States Government 
board, shall be created, independent of the commis- 
sion hereinbefore provided, to be charged with the 
selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, ar- 
rangement, installation, safe-keeping, exhibition, and 
return of such articles and materials as the heads 
of the several Executive Departments, the Secretary 
of the Smithsonian Institution, the Commissioner of 
Fish and Fisheries, the Commissioner of Labor, and 
the Director of the Bureau of the American Repub- 
lics may, respectively, decide shall be embraced in 
said Government exhibit. The President may also 
designate additional articles for exhibition. Such 
board shall be composed of one person to be named 
by the head of each Executive Department, one by 
the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, one by 
the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, one by the 
Commissioner of Labor, and one by the Director of 
the Bureau of American Republics. The President 
shall name one of said persons so detailed as chair- ■ 
man, and the board itself shall appoint its secretary, 
disbursing officer, and such other officers as it may 
deem necessary. The members of said board of man- 
agement, with other officers and employees of the 
Government who may be detailed to assist them, in- 
cluding officers of the Army and Navy, shall receive 
no compensation in addition to their regular salaries, 
but they shall be allowed their actual and necessary 
traveling expenses, together with a per diem in lieu 
of subsistence, to be fixed by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, while necessarily absent from, their homes 
engaged upon the business of the board. Officers of 



44 Official Manual. 

the Army and Navy shall receive this allowance in 
lieu of the transportation and mileage now allowed by 
law. Any provision of law which may prohibit the 
detail of persons in the employ of the United States 
to other service than that which they customarily per- 
form shall not apply to persons detailed for duty in 
connection with the said Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 
tion. Employees of the board not otherwise employed 
by the Government shall be entitled to such compen- 
sation as the board may determine. The disbursing 
officer shall give bond in the sum of thirty thousand 
dollars for the faithful performance of his duties, 
said bond to be approved by the Secretary of the 
Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall ad- 
vance to said officer from time to time, under such 
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- 
scribe, a sum of money from the appropriation here- 
after to be made for the Government exhibit, not ex- 
ceeding at any one time the penalty of his bond, to 
enable him to pay the expenses of exhibit as author- 
ized by the board of management herein created. 

Sec. 15. That the Secretary of the Treasury is 
hereby authorized and directed to place on exhibition, 
in connection with the exhibit of his Department, 
upon such grounds as shall be allotted for the pur- 
pose, one of the life-saving stations authorized to 
be constructed on the coast of the United States by 
existing law, and to cause the same to be fully 
equipped with all apparatus, furniture, and appliances 
now in use in all life-saving stations in the United 
States. 

Sec. 16. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
cause a suitable building or buildings to be erected on 
the site selected for the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 



Act of Congress. 45 

tion for the Government exhibits, as provided in this 
Act, and he.is hereby authorized and directed to con- 
tract therefor in the same manner and under the 
same regulations as for other public buildings of the 
United States; but the contracts for said building or 
buildings shall not exceed the sum of two hundred 
and fifty thousand dollars, which sum, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- 
propriated, to defray the expense of erecting said 
Government building or buildings hereby authorized. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the said 
building or buildings to be constructed from plans to 
be approved by said Government board; and he is 
authorized and required to dispose of such building 
or buildings, or the material composing the same, at 
the close of the Exposition, giving preference to the 
City of Saint Louis or to the said Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition Company to purchase the same at 
an appraised value, to be ascertained in such manner 
as he may determine. 

Sec. 17. That the commissioners appointed by the 
President under the authority of this Act shall re- 
ceive as compensation for their services and expenses 
the sum of five thousand dollars each per annum, 
the same to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury 
and deducted from any money appropriated for said 
Exposition. 

Sec. 18. That no member of saul commission or 
of said Government board, whether an officer or oth- 
erwise, shall be personally liable for any debt or obli- 
gation which may be created or incurred by the said 
commission or by the said United States Government 
♦board herein authorized. 



46 Official Manual. 

Sec. 19. That whereas the Secretary of the Treas- 
ury has certified, under date of February sixth, nine- 
teen hundred and one, that the Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition Company has presented to him proof to 
his satisfaction that it has raised ten million dollars 
for and on account of inaugurating and carrying for- 
ward an exposition at the City of Saint Louis, Mis- 
souri, in the year nineteen hundred and three, to 
celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the pur- 
chase of the Louisiana Territory; therefore there is 
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treas- 
ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five mil- 
lion dollars, to aid in carrying forward such Exposi- 
tion, to pay the salaries of the members and secre- 
tary of the National Commission herein authorized, 
and such other necessary expenses as may be incurred 
by said commission in the discharge of its duties in 
connection with said Exposition, and to discharge all 
other obligations incurred by the Government on ac- 
count of said Exposition, except for the erection of 
its own buildings and the making and care of its 
own exhibits at said Exposition. That the money 
hereby appropriated shall be disbursed under the di- 
rection of the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company under rules and regulations to be pre- 
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and upon 
vouchers to be approved by him : Provided, That, 
except for the pa3onent of the salaries and expenses 
of the national commission, no part of said appro- 
priation shall become available until the sum of ten 
million dollars shall have been expended by said 
company on account of said Exposition to the satis- 
faction of the Secretary of the Treasury : Provided 
further, That all sums expended by the Government 



Act of Congress. 47 

on account of said Exposition, including the salaries 
and expenses of said national commission, except for 
the erection of its own buildings and the making and 
care of its own exhibits at said Exposition, shall be 
limited to and paid out of the appropriation of five 
million dollars herein provided for such purpose. 

Sec. 20. That there shall be repaid into the Treas- 
ury of the United States the same proportionate 
amount of the aid given by the United States as 
shall be repaid to either the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position Company or the City of Saint Louis : Pro- 
vided, That this section shall not be taken or con- 
strued to give the United States a right to share in 
the proceeds of said Exposition beyond the actual 
amount appropriated to aid in carrying forward said 
Exposition. 

Sec. 21. That any bank or trust company located 
in the City of Saint Louis, or State of Missouri, may 
be designated by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company to conduct a banking office upon the Expo- 
sition grounds, and if the bank so designated shall 
be a national bank, upon such designation being ap- 
proved by the Comptroller of the Currency, said 
national bank is hereby authorized to open and con- 
duct such office as a branch of the bank, subject to 
the same restrictions and having the same rights as 
the bank to which it belongs : Provided, That the 
branch office authorized hereby, if the same shall be 
a branch of a national bank, shall not be operated for 
a period longer than two years, beginning not earlier 
than July first, nineteen hundred and two, and clos- 
ing not later than July first,, nineteen hundred and 
four. 



48 Official Manual. 

Sec. 22. That no citizen of any foreign country 
shall be held liable for the infringement of any pat- 
ent granted by the United States, or of any trade- 
mark or label registered in the United States, where 
the act complained of is or shall be performed in 
connection with the exhibition of any article or 
thing at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 

Sec. 23. That the Secretary of War be, and he 
hereby is, authorized, at his discretion, to detail for 
special duty, in connection with the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition, such officers of the Army as may 
be required, to report to the general commanding 
the Department of Missouri ; and the officers thus 
detailed shall not be subject to loss of pay or rank 
on account of such detail, nor shall any officer or em- 
ployee of the United States receive additional pay 
or compensation because of services connected with 
the said Exposition from the United States or from 
said Exposition. 

Sec. 24. That nothing in this Act shall be so con- 
strued as to create any liability of the United States, 
direct or indirect, for any debt or obligation in- 
curred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary as- 
sistance from Congress or the Treasury of the 
United States in support or liquidation of any debts 
or obligations created by said commission. 

Sec. 25. That as a condition precedent to the 
payment of this appropriation the directors shall 
contract to close the gates to visitors on Sundays 
during the whole duration of the fair. 

Approved, March 3, igoi. 



Act of Congress. 49 



ACT OF CONGREvSS. 



An Act making appropriations for sundry civil ex- 
penses of the Government for the fiscal year end- 
ing June Thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, 
and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 
sentatives of the United States of America in Con- 
gress assembled, That the following sums be, and 
the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects here- 
inafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, namely : 



MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, TREASURY 
DEPARTMENT. 

Louisiana Purchase Exposition : Government 
Exhibit : 

For the selection, purchase, preparation, trans- 
portation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, 
exhibition and return of such articles and materials 
as the heads of the several Executive Departments, 
the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, 
the United States Fish Commission, the Department 
of Labor, and the Library of Congress may re- 
spectively decide shall be embraced in the Govern- 
ment exhibit, including the exhibit of the Bureau of 
American Republics, and such additional articles as 



50 Official Manual. 

the President may designate for said Exposition, and 
for the installation of said exhibit, and for the em- 
ployment of proper persons as officers and assistants 
to the United States Government board in the man- 
agement of the Government exhibit in accordance 
with the provisions of "An Act to provide for cele- 
brating the one hundredth anniversary of the pur- 
chase of the Louisiana territory by the United States 
by holding an international exhibition of arts, in- 
dustries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, 
mine, forest and sea in the City of Saint Louis, in 
the State of Missouri," approved March third, nine- 
teen hundred and one, eight hundred thousand dol- 
lars, to be immediately available : Provided, That 
all expenditures made for the purposes and from 
the appropriations specified herein, and the number, 
compensation, and selection of persons not already in 
the Government service shall be under the direction 
of the United States Government Board and subject 
to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; 
and the appropriations herein made shall be so 
allotted and distributed among the several Executive 
Departments, the Smithsonian Institution, the 
National Museum, the United States Fish Commis- 
sion, the Department of Labor, the Bureau of the 
American Republics, and the Library of Congress 
as to prevent any deficiency therein. 

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cause 
to be assembled at the City of Saint Louis, in the 
State of Missouri, at such time and for such period 
as he may designate, and as a part of the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition to be held at the City of Saint 
Louis, in the State of Missouri, pursuant to an Act 
of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for cele- 



Act of Congress. 51 

brating the one hundredth anniversary of the pur- 
chase of the Louisiana territory by the United States 
by holding an international exhibition of arts, manu- 
factures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, 
and sea in the City of Saint Louis, in the State of 
Missouri," approved March third, nineteen hundred 
and one, such representatives of the different Indian 
tribes and such exhibits from Indian agencies, 
schools, and archives as he may deem advisable or 
necessary to illustrate the past and present condi- 
tions of the Indians and the Indian tribes of the 
United States, and progress made by such in educa- 
tion, art and industry, and the methods of education 
and government, and such other matters and things 
as will fully illustrate Indian advancement in civiliza- 
tion, the details of which shall be in the discretion of 
the Secretary of the Interior. And for the purpose 
of carrying into effect this provision the sum of forty 
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces- ■ 
sary, is hereby appropriated; but the Secretary of the 
Interior is prohibited from making, or causing to be 
made, any expenditure or creating any liability on 
behalf of the United States in excess of the sum 
hereby appropriated. 

That Section fifteen of the Act above entitled, ap- 
proved March third, nineteen hundred and one, shall 
be amended so as to read as follows : "That the 
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and 
directed to cause to be erected in connection with 
the exhibit of his Department, upon such grounds as 
shall be allotted for the purpose by the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition Company, a building for an ex- 
hibit of the United States Life-Saving Service, at a 
cost of not to exceed the sum of eight thousand dol- 



52 Official Manual. 

lars, the said exposition company to furnish suitable 
water facilities for exhibition drills with the beach 
apparatus and boats used in said Life-Saving Service, 
and the sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary for the erection of said 
building and making of said exhibit, is hereby appro- 
priated for said purpose." 

For the erection of a suitable Government build- 
ing for said Government exhibit at the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition, in addition to the amount here- 
tofore appropriated for said purpose, two hundred 
thousand dollars; said sum to be immediately avail- 
able and to be expended in accordance with the pro- 
visions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for 
celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the 
purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United 
States by holding an international exhibition of arts, 
industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, 
mine, forest, and sea in the city of St. Louis, in the 
State of Missouri," approved March third, nineteen 
hundred and one; Provided, That the said appropri- 
ations herein made under the heading of "Louis- 
iana Purchase Exposition" shall be in full for all 
and every expense relating to the collection, instal- 
lation, safe-keeping, and maintenance of the entire 
Government exhibit in said exposition, and for the 
safe return of all of said Government exhibit, and no 
claim against the United States shall be created or 
made in addition thereto, and there shall be no de- 
ficiency under said appropriation or any part of it: 
And provided further, That sections eight and 
twelve of an Act entitled "An act to provide for 
celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the 
purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United 



Act of Congress. 53 

States by holding an international exhibition of arts, 
industries, manufactures, and the products of the 
soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of St. Louis, 
in the State of Missouri," approved March third, 
nineteen hundred and one, be, and the same are 
hereby, amended so as to read as follows: 

"Sec. 8. That said commission shall provide for 
the dedication of the buildings of the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition, in said city of St. Louis, not later 
than the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and 
three, with appropriate ceremonies, and thereafter 
said exposition shall be opened to visitors at such time 
as may be designated by said company, subject to the 
approval of said commission, not later than the first 
day of May, nineteen hundred and four, and shall 
be closed at such time as the national commission 
may determine, subject to the approval of said 
company, but not later than the first day of Decem- 
ber thereafter. 

"Sec. 12. That the national commission hereby 
authorized shall cease to exist on the first day of 
July, nineteen hundred and five : Provided, That 
upon the approval of this Act the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall cause to be coined at the mints of 
the United States two hundred and fifty thousand 
gold dollars of legal weight and fineness, to be 
known, as the Louisiana Exposition gold dollar, struck 
in commemoration of said Exposition. The exact 
words, devices, and designs upon said gold dollars 
shall be determined and prescribed by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, and all provisions of law relative to the 
coinage and legal-tender quality of all other gold 
coin shall be applicable to the coin issued under and 



54 Official Manual. 

in accordance with the provisions of this Act. And 
in payment of so much of the five million dollars 
appropriated by said Act of March third, nineteen 
hundred and one, to aid in carrying forward said 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall pay said two hundred and fifty 
thousand gold dollars so coined as aforesaid 
to the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company, subject to all the provisions of said Act, 
except that payment of said gold dollars may be 
made at any time upon the request of said exposition 
company, and upon said company filing with the 
Secretary of the Treasury a bond in a sum sufficient 
to protect the Government and satisfy him as to the 
future performance of all the conditions under 
which said five million dollars so appropriated is to 
be paid to the said exposition company : And pro- 
vided further, That the proviso of section twenty- 
one of said Act, approved March third, nineteen 
hundred and one, be amended so as to read as fol- 
lows : 'Provided, That the branch office authorized 
hereby, if the same shall be a branch of a national 
bank, shall not be operated for a period longer than 
three years, beginning not earlier than July first, nine- 
teen hundred and two, and closing not later than 
July first, nineteen hundred and five :' And provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition Commission shall hereafter receive a 
salary of four thousand dollars." 



Approved June 28th, 1902. 



Commission Officers. 55 

OFFICERS 

OF THE 

Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Commission. 



THOMAS H. CARTER President. 

MARTIN H. GLYNN Vice-President. 

JOSEPH FLORY Secretary. 

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS. 

(Appointed by the President.) 

John M. Thurston Nebraska. 

Thomas H. Carter Montana. 

William Lindsay Kentucky. 

George W. McBride Oregon. 

Frederick A. Betts Connecticut. 

John M. Allen Mississippi. 

Martin H. Glynn New York 

John F. Miller Indiana. 

Philip D. Scott Arkansas. 



56 Official Manual. 

COMMITTEES OF THE COMMISSION. 



Executive. 



Thomas H. Carter. Philip D. Scott. 

John F. Miller. John M. Allen. 

Frederick A. Betts. 



Judiciary. 



William Lindsay. John M. Thurston. 

George W. McBride. 



Plan and Scope. 

George W. McBride. William Lindsay. 

Frederick A. Betts. Martin H. Glynn. 

John F. Miller. 



Members of Board of Arbitration. 
John M. Thurston. John M. Allen. 



Auditing. 



John F. Miller. Philip D. Scott. 

John M. Thurston. 



Insurance. 



Thomas H. Carter. Martin H. Glynn. 

Frederick A. Betts. 



Ceremonies. 

Thomas H. Carter, John M. Thurston. 

John M. Allen. William Lindsay. 



Lady Managers Officers. 57 



OFFICERS 

OF THE 

Board of Lady Managers. 



Mrs. James L. Blair President. 

Mrs. Edward L. Buch Walter. . ist Vice-President. 

Mrs. Finis P. Ernest 2d Vice-President. 

Mrs. Helen Boice-Hunsicker.. 3d Vice-President. 

Miss Anna L. Dawes 4th Vice-President. 

Mrs. Belle L. Everest 5th Vice-President. 

Mrs. M. H. de Young 6th Vice-President. 

Mrs. Fannie L. Porter 7th Vice-President 

Mrs. Daniel Manning 8th Vice-President. 

Mrs. Frederick M. Hanger Secretary. 

Mrs. William H. Coleman. . . . Treasurer. 



58 Official Manual. 

BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS. 



Miss Helen M. Gould New York City. 

Mrs. John M. Holcombe Hartford, Conn. 

Miss Anna L. Dawes Pittsfield, Mass. 

Mrs. Fannie L. Porter Atlanta, Ga. 

Mrs. Frederick M. Hanger Little Rock, Ark. 

Mrs. W. E. Andrews Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. Helen Boice-Hunsicker. . Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. James L. Blair St. Louis, Mo. 

Mrs. Richard W. Knott Louisville, Ky. 

Mrs. Emily W. Roebling Trenton, N. J. 

Mrs. M. H. deYoung San Francisco, Cal. 

Mrs. Belle L. Everest Atchison, Kan. 

Mrs. Margaret P. Daly. Anaconda, Mont. 

Mrs. Wm. H. Coleman Indianapolis, Ind. 

Mrs. Louis D. Frost Winona, Mont. 

Mrs. Finis P. Ernest Denver, Col. 

Mrs. Edward L. Buchwalter. . . Springfield, O. 
Mrs. Mary Phelps Montgomery. Portland, Ore. 

Mrs. John Miller Horton Buffalo, N. Y. 

Mrs. Daniel Manning Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. A. L. von Mayhoff .New York City. 

Mrs. James Edmund Sullivan.. Providence, R. I. 
Mrs. Annie McLean Moores. . . Mt. Pleasant, Tex. 
Miss Lavinia Egan Shreveport, La. 



Rules and Regulations. 59 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

Of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, 

Adopted Under, and in Pursuance of, An 

Act of the Congress of the United 

States, Entitled: 

"An Act to provide for celebrating the one 
hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louis- 
iana Territory by the United States, by holding an 
international exhibition of arts, industries, manu- 
factures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest 
and sea, in the city of St. Louis, in the State of 
Missouri," 

Approved March 3, 1901. 

As provided by law, the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position will be held in the city of St. Louis, State 
of Missouri, U. S. A., and will be opened on the 30th 
day of April, A. D. 1904, and will be closed on the 
1st day of December of that year. The Exposition 
will be closed on Sundays. 

This Exposition will embrace an exhibition of 
arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of 
the soil, mine, forest and sea. It will be held to 
celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the pur- 
chase of the Louisiana Territory by the United. States 
from France. 

The Exposition will be international in character, 
as contemplated by Sec. 9 of the Act of Congress. 
(See Sec. 9, page 40.) 



Rules and Regulations. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 

Of the International Exposition at St. Louis 

in 1904, Celebrating the Centennial 

of the Louisiana Purchase. 



The following General Rules and Regulations are 
promulgated by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company, having been approved by the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition Commission : 

ARTICLE I. 

Section i. Under a proclamation of the Presi- 
dent of the United States, signed August 20th, 1901, 
all nations and peoples are invited to and may par- 
ticipate in this Exposition. 

Sec. 2. The site of the Exposition will be the 
west portion of Forest Park, and adjacent territory, 
and will comprise, approximately, one thousand 
(1,000) acres. 

Sec. 3. The Executive of the Exposition is the 
President of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition Company. There are four 
principal executive divisions presided over by the 
following officers : 

Director of Exhibits. 

Director of Exploitation. 

Director of Works. 

Director of Concessions and Admissions. 



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Under these officers, subordinate departments for 
the supervision of exhibits, of construction and of 
maintenance may be created, each department hav- 
ing its individual chief. 

Sec. 4. The Bureau of Transportation shall have 
entire charge of all matters relating to the transpor- 
tation of passengers and freight to and from the 
Exposition grounds, from all parts of the world. It 
will quote rates and classifications, remedy delays, 
and be constituted in such a manner as to extend 
practical assistance and information to all exhibitors 
and the public at large. This Bureau has for its 
chief officer a traffic manager, who will report direct 
to the President. 

ARTICLE II. 

Section i. For the development of the Exposi- 
tion to the full extent of the general plan as out- 
lined, provision will be made for the installation 
and care of exhibits, and for the construction of 
exhibition palaces ample and adequate to the theo- 
retical and physical scope of the Exposition. 

Sec. 2. For the purposes of installation and re- 
view of exhibits, a classification has been adopted. 
The classification heretofore adopted has been 
divided into a number of departments, each of which 
is again divided into groups and subdivided into 
classes. Under this scope and plan the Exposition 
will be constructed, the installation perfected, and the 
system of awards conducted. In conformity there- 
with, the following exhibit departments are created : 

Department A — Education. 

Department B — Art. 



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Department C — Liberal Arts. 
Department D — Manufactures. 
Department E — Machinery. 
Department F — Electricity. 
Department G — Transportation. 
Department H — Agriculture. 
Department J — Horticulture. 
Department K — Forestry. 
Department L — Mines and Metallurgy. 
Department M — Fish and Game. 
Department N — Anthropology. 
Department O — Social Economy. 
Department P — Physical Culture. 

Exhibits shall be classified into fifteen (15) de- 
partments, in 144 groups and in 807 classes. 

ARTICLE III. 

Section i. The Directors of the four Executive 
Divisions, and the chiefs of the different depart- 
ments thereunder, may promulgate special rules and 
regulations governing the more minute and technical 
details of the operation of the respective depart- 
ments. 

Sec. 2. The Director of Exhibits shall have gen- 
eral charge of the installation of all exhibits, and 
the control and management of the same. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Section t. The general classification is hereby 
made a part of these rules and regulations. 

Sec. 2. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com- 
pany reserves the right, subject to the approval of 



64 Official Manual. 

the Commission, to amend or correct the classifica- 
tion at any time before the opening of the Exposi- 
tion by giving thirty (30) days' public notice. 

ARTICLE V. 

Section i. The price of admission will be fifty 
(50) cents. 

Sec. 2. While the*broadest construction will be 
placed upon the rights of exhibitors and their agents 
to free admission to the grounds for the purpose of 
caring for their respective exhibits, it is intended to 
restrict these courtesies within reasonable limits. 
» 

ARTICLE VI. 

Section i. No charge will be made for space 
allotted for exhibits. 

Sec. 2. No charge will be made for space allotted 
for buildings of foreign governments, or the United 
States Government, or of the State, Territorial or 
District governments of the United States. 



ARTICLE VII. 

Section i. Exhibitors of manufactured articles 
must be the manufacturers or producers thereof. 

Sec 2. The country where an exhibit is pro- 
duced, and not the citizenship of the exhibitor, will 
determine the nationality of an exhibit. 

Sec. 3. Each foreign nation participating in the 
Exposition will be accorded an official representative, 



Rules and Regulations. 65 

to be accredited to the President of the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition Company, through the Secre- 
tary of State of the United States, or otherwise. 

Sec. 4. Allotment of space to exhibitors from 
countries where governments have appointed official 
representatives to the Exposition, will be made by 
or through such representatives. 

Sec. 5. While it is expected, as far as possible, 
to confine negotiations in the United States to the 
official representatives of the respective States, ter- 
ritories and districts, the right is reserved to confer 
directly with individuals. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Section i. All applications for space for build- 
ings must be filed on or before July 1, 1903^ 

Sec. 2. Application for space for exhibits in the 
buildings of the Exposition must be filed on or be- 
fore the respective dates following, to-wit : 

(a) For machinery and mechanical appliances 
intended for exhibition in operation, October 1, 1903. 

(b) For machinery and mechanical appliances 
not intended for exhibition in operation, November 
1, 1903. 

(c) For works of art, natural and manufactured 
products not herein expressly classified, December 
1, 1903. 

(d) For special concessions to individuals, asso- 
ciations or corporations, December 1, 1903. 

Sec. 3. All applications for space must be in 
writing, addressed to the President of the Exposi- 



66 Official Manual. 

tion, and should be presented on forms which will 
be furnished by the Exposition Company. 

Sec. 4. Each application for space for exhibits 
must be accompanied by a sketch, drawn to a scale 
of one-fourth of an inch to the foot, showing the 
ground floor plan, and, if possible, the front eleva- 
tion and general outlines. These installation plans 
and schemes must receive the endorsement of the 
chief of the department in which the exhibit is to be 
located, and the approval of the Director of Exhibits, 
and must conform to the general architectural 
design for the treatment of the interior of the build- 
ing as prepared by the Director of Works. 

Sec. 5. Permits for space will not be transferable, 
and exhibitors will be confined to such exhibits as 
are specified in their applications. 



ARTICLE IX. 

Section i. All communications relating to the 
Exposition should be addressed to the President of 
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, St. 
Louis, U. S. A. 

Sec. 2. All packages containing exhibits must be 
addressed to the President of the Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition Company. 

Sec. 3. Direction labels will be furnished by the 
Exposition Company to be attached to each package. 
This label must be filled out so as to convey the 
following information : 

(a) The department in which the exhibit is to 
be installed.. 



Rules and Regulations. 67 

(b) The country, State or territory from which 
the package is consigned. 

(c) The name and address of the exhibitor and 
the total number of packages sent by such exhibitor. 

Sec. 4. In boxing or casing any material intended 
for exhibition, screws should be employed in prefer- 
ence to nails or steel hoops, and packages should be 
addressed on two or more sides. Each package 
should contain a list of the goods therein. 

Sec. 5. Consignments intended for different 
buildings should be in separate packages, and not 
be included in the same box, crate or barrel. 

Sec. 6. Freight and express charges and all 
charges appertaining to the transportation of material 
belonging to individuals, such as exhibits, building 
material, concession material and supplies-, etc., must 
be prepaid at the point of shipment, and the goods 
delivered at the Exposition clear of all charges of 
any description incident to the transportation. 



ARTICLE X. 

Section i. If no authorized person is at hand to 
take charge of an exhibit within reasonable time 
after its arrival at the Exposition buildings said 
exhibit will be removed and stored at the cost and 
risk of whomsoever it may concern. 

Sec. 2. The installation of heavy articles, requir- 
ing foundation, may, by special agreement with the 
Director of Works, begin as soon as the progress of 
the construction of the buildings will permit. 



68 Official Manual. 

Sec. 3. No exhibits shall be removed in whole or 
in part until the close of the Exposition. 

Sec. 4. Immediately after the close of the Expo- 
sition exhibitors shall remove their exhibits and con- 
struction, and complete such removal before March 
1, 1905. Any exhibit or material not removed on 
March 1, 1905, will be considered to have been 
abandoned by the exhibitor, and will be subject to 
removal at the cost of the exhibitors, or to such dis- 
position by the Exposition Company as may be 
deemed advisable. 

ARTICLE XI. 

Section i. All show cases, cabinets, shelving, 
counters, etc., required in the installation of an ex- 
hibit, must be provided at the expense of the ex- 
hibitor, and all counter-shafts, steam pulleys, belting, 
etc., and all compressed air connections, and all 
water and sewerage connections must be paid for by 
the person applying for the same. 

Sec 2. All decorations and designs to be con- 
structed in connection with the installation must 
conform to the rules and regulations promulgated 
by the Director of Exhibits, and receive the approval 
of the chief of the department interested. 

Sec. 3. No exhibitor will be permitted to install 
an exhibit so as to obstruct the light or occasion 
any inconvenience to or disadvantageously affect the 
display of other exhibitors. 

Sec 4. The flooring of an Exposition building 
must not be cut or removed, or its foundation dis- 



Rules mid Regulations. 69 

turbed, and no part of the construction of a building 
shall be employed for installation purposes, except 
upon the recommendation of the Director of Ex- 
hibits, approved by the Director of Works. 

Sec. 5. Special rules regulating the height of 
platforms, partitions, rails, cases, cabinets, counters 
and any special trophy or feature will be issued by 
the chiefs of the different departments, with the 
approval of the Director of Exhibits. 

Sec. 6. All designs for the treatment of exhibi- 
tion spaces must be in accordance with the foregoing 
limitations. The material used for covering coun- 
ters, screens, partitions or floors will be subject to 
the approval of the Director of Exhibits, upon the 
recommendation of the Chiefs of the department, and 
must be in accordance with the general color scheme 
of the Director of Works. 

Sec. 7. Special rules and regulations in addition 
to and not in conflict with the general rules and 
regulations of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company may be promulgated by the different 
departments. 

ARTICLE XII. 

Section i. All articles which shall be imported 
from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhi- 
bition at said Exposition, upon which there shall be 
a tariff, or customs duty, will be admitted free of 
payment of duty, customs fees or charges, under 
such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall prescribe under an Act of the Congress pro- 
viding for the Exposition. 



70 Official Manual. 

Sec. 2. It will be lawful at any time during the 
Exposition to sell for delivery at the close thereof, 
any goods or property imported for and actually 
on exhibition in the Exposition buildings or on the 
grounds, subject to such regulations for the security 
of the revenue, and for the the collection of import 
duty as the Secretary of the Treasury shall pre- 
scribe. Such articles when sold or withdrawn for 
consumption in the United States will be subject to 
the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the 
revenue laws in force at the date of the importation, 
and all penalties prescribed by the laws of the 
United States will be applied and enforced against 
such articles and against the person who may be 
guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal. 

Sec. 3. Such arrangements will be made with the 
Government of the United States as will permit the 
transportation of foreign exhibits in bond direct to 
the Exposition grounds, which will be designated 
as a United States Bonded Warehouse. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

Section i. While the Exposition Company will 
provide every possible protection for exhibits and 
for the property of exhibitors, it will not be respon- 
sible in any case for loss by fire, accident, vandalism 
or theft, through which objects placed upon exhibi- 
tion may suffer, whatever may be the cause or the 
amount of the damage. 

Sec. 2. Any object or article of a dangerous or 

detrimental character, or that is incompatible with 

, the object or decorum of the Exposition or the 

comfort or safety of the public, will be refused 



Rules and Regulations. 71 

admission to the grounds, or removed from any 
building or any part of the grounds upon the recom- 
mendation of the Director of Exhibits approved by 
the President. 

Sec. 3. Articles that are in any way dangerous 
or offensive ; also patent medicines, nostrums and 
empirical preparations whose ingredients are con- 
cealed, will not be admitted to the Exposition. The 
Director of Exhibits, with the approval of the Presi- 
dent, has the authority to order the removal of any 
article he may consider dangerous, detrimental to or 
incompatible with the object or decorum of the 
Exposition or the comfort and safety of the public. 

Sec. 4. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company will carry no insurance on exhibits, but 
favorable terms will be secured by the Exposition 
Company under which exhibitors may insure their 
own goods in responsible companies. 



ARTICLE XIV. 

Section i. Advertisement by means of posters, 
prints, hand-bills, etc., will not be permitted within 
the Exposition grounds except upon the recom- 
mendation of the proper authorities, approved by 
the President of the Exposition Company, and then 
to a restricted degree only. 

Sec. 2. Exhibitors' business cards and brief 
descriptive circulars only may be conveniently 
placed within such exhibition space for distribution ; 
but the right is reserved to the chief of the depart- 
ment, upon the approval of the Director of Exhibits, 



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to restrict or discontinue this privilege whenever it 
is carried to excess or becomes an annoyance. 

ARTICLE XV. 

Section i. Exhibitors will be held responsible 
for the cleanliness of their exhibits and the space 
surrounding the same. 

Sec. 2. All exhibits must be in complete order 
each day at least thirty (30) minutes before the 
buildings are open to the public. No janitor or other 
work of this character will be permitted during the 
hours the buildings are open to the public. In case 
of failure on the part of any exhibitor to observe 
these rules, the Chief of the department, with the 
approval of the Director of Exhibits, may adopt such 
means to enforce the same as circumstances may 
suggest. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

Section i. No crates, barrels or packing cases 
will be permitted to remain upon the exhibition space 
after their contents have been removed, except upon 
the recommendation of the Chief of the department 
where the exhibit is installed, approved by the 
Director of Exhibits. 

Sec. 2. The Exposition Company will provide a 
storage warehouse for crates, barrels and packing 
cases, under a reasonable schedule of charges based 
upon those levied by similar warehouses, which it 
will be optional for exhibitors to use. 

Sec. 3. Facilities for the conveyance of empty 
crates, barrels or packing cases to storage places will 
be provided at a moderate price. 



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ARTICLE XVII. 

Section i. No exhibit or object upon exhibition 
may be sketched, copied or reproduced in any way 
whatever without the permission of the exhibitor, 
approved by the Director of Exhibits, except that 
the President of the Company may give such per- 
mission. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

Section i. Exhibitors desiring to contract for 
service of electricity, steam, compressed air, power 
from shafting, gas or water, must make application 
to the Chief of the department in which their exhibits 
are installed. No application for service will be 
• entertained unless made upon a blank furnished by 
the Director of Works, which may be obtained from 
a Chief of a department, and when an application for 
service has been approved by the Director of Ex- 
hibits, the contract will be executed on the part of 
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company by the 
Director of Works on terms and conditions that 
will be stated in each case. The Director of Exhibits 
and the Director of Works, in their discretion, are 
authorized to furnish gratuitously to exhibitors a 
limited amount of power for the operation of 
machines and processes. The character of the ex- 
hibit requiring power for its operation will have 
much to do with determining the amount of power 
that will be furnished gratuitously. 

ARTICLE XIX. 

Section i. Concessions may be granted for pri- 
vate exhibitions, for which a charge for admission 
may be made; for restaurants, for places of amuse- 



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ment. for merchandising, and for other purposes not 
incompatible with the scope and dignity of the 
Exposition, under terms and conditions to be deter- 
mined upon by the proper authorities in each case. 

ARTICLE XX. 

Section i. An official catalogue of all exhibits 
will be published in English by the Exposition Com- 
pany. Foreign governments, and the governments 
of the States, territories and districts of the United 
States, making a collective exhibit, may publish 
separate catalogues of their own exhibits when 
recommended by the Director of Exhibits to the 
President and approved by him. 

Sec. 2. The sale of catalogues is reserved exclu- 
sively by the Exposition Company. 

ARTICLE XXI. 

Section i. The Exposition Company will organ- 
ize, equip and maintain, an efficient police system for 
the protection of property, and the preservation of 
peace and good order. 

Sec. 2. The Exposition will maintain a corps of 
janitors and scavengers, whose duty it will be to 
properly care for and clean the roadways, ap- 
proaches, paths, etc., in general of the Exposition 
and the aisles within the exhibit buildings ; but 
their duties and responsibilities will not extend to 
exhibit spaces, to the subsidiary aisles or to the 
buildings of foreign or domestic governments or 
individuals. 



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Sec. 3. Exhibitors may employ watchmen and 

janitors of their choice to guard and care for their 
material during the hours the Exposition is open to 
the public. Such watchmen will be subject to the 
rules and regulations governing employes of the 
Exposition ; but no exhibitor will be permitted to 
employ attendants for service of this character, ex- 
cept upon the written consent of the chief of the 
department, approved by the Director of Exhibits. 

Sec. 4. Each country, commission, organization, 
corporation and individual, by becoming an exhibitor, 
agrees to conform to all the rules and regulations 
established for the government and conduct of the 
Exposition. 

ARTICLE XXII. 



Section i. The system of awards will be com- 
petitive. The merit of exhibits as determined by the 
Jury of Awards will be manifested by the issuance 
of diplomas, which will be divided into four (4) 
classes : a grand prize, a gold medal, a silver medal, 
and a bronze medal. 

Sec. 2. No exhibit can be excluded from com- 
petition for award without the consent of the Presi- 
dent of the Exposition Company, after a review of 
the reasons or motives by competent authorities 
hereafter to be provided. 

Sec. 3. In a fixed ratio to the number of exhibits, 
but reserving to the citizens of the United States, 
approximately sixty (60) per cent of the jury mem- 
bership, the construction of the international jury 
will be based upon a predetermined number of 



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judges allotted to each' group of the classification, 
and upon the number and importance of the exhibits 
in such group. 

Sec. 4. A chairman of the Group Jury will be 
elected by his colleagues, in each group, this chair- 
man to become, by right of his position, a member 
of the Department Jury, which Department Jury 
shall in turn elect its chairman, who shall thereupon 
become a member of the Superior Jury. 

Sec. 5. Special rules and regulations governing 
the system of making awards and determining the 
extent to which foreign countries may have repre- 
sentation on the juries, will be hereafter promul- 
gated. 

Sec. 6. Allotment of space for exhibitors, the 
classification of exhibits, the appointment of all 
judges and examiners for the Exposition, and the 
awarding of premiums, if any, shall be done and 
performed by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 
Company, subject, however, to the approval of the 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission. 

Attest: DAVID R. FRANCIS, 

WALTER B. STEVENS, President. 

Secretary. 



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